Jakob the Liar
“When all hope was lost, he invented it.”
1999•PG-13•2h 0m•6.7•Released
ComedyDramaHistory
In 1944 Poland, a Jewish shop keeper named Jakob is summoned to ghetto headquarters after being caught out after curfew. While waiting for the German Kommondant, Jakob overhears a German radio broadcast about Russian troop movements. Returned to the ghetto, the shopkeeper shares his information with a friend and then rumors fly that there is a secret radio within the ghetto.
Director
Peter Kassovitz
Writer
Didier Decoin, Peter Kassovitz
Budget
$45M
Revenue
$5M
Languages
English
Studio
Global Medien KG
Cast
Robin Williams
Jakob Heym
Liev Schreiber
Mischa
Hannah Taylor-Gordon
Lina Kronstein
Alan Arkin
Max Frankfurter
Michael Jeter
Avron
Bob Balaban
Kowalsky
Armin Mueller-Stahl
Prof. Dr. Kirschbaum
Éva Igó
Lina's Mother
István Bálint
Lina's Father
Mark Margolis
Fajngold
Mathieu Kassovitz
Herschel
Justus von Dohnányi
Preuss
Kathleen Gati
Hooker
Zofia Saretok
Neighbor
Nina Siemaszko
Rosa Frankfurter
Production
Company
Global Medien KG
Company
Columbia Pictures
Company
Blue Wolf
Company
Kasso Productions
Producer
Steven Haft
Producer
Marsha Garces Williams
Recommended
6.9
The Boy in the Woods
2023
7
The Zone of Interest
2023
6.8
Denial
2016
7.3
The Zookeeper's Wife
2017
7.8
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
2008
8
Jojo Rabbit
2019
7
The Way Back
2010
6.8
God on Trial
2008
7
September 5
2024
6.1
Origin
2023
6.8
A Call to Spy
2020
7.4
The Right Stuff
1983
6.8
A Real Pain
2024
6.7
The Eichmann Show
2015
7.3
The Physician
2013
7.6
The Six Triple Eight
2024
7.4
The Best of Enemies
2019
6.5
You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah
2023
6
Raid on Entebbe
1976
6.7
Bonhoeffer: Pastor. Spy. Assassin
2024
Similar Movies
6.3
Jumping Over Puddles
1971
6.1
The Accused
1949
4.7
Playing Solo
2007
5.6
The Rooster
1981
6.8
Making Love
2000
5.4
Man and a Baby
2017
6
Jumalan myrsky
1940
7
Koskenlaskijan morsian
1937
7.7
The Martian
2015
4.3
Miehen tie
1940
5.7
Stielke, Heinz, Fifteen...
1987
7.8
The Plague Dogs
1982
6
Possession
2002
6.9
Passport to Pimlico
1949
6.5
Sea of Sand
1958
5.5
El conde de Maravillas
1927
4.7
I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell
2009
8.5
Zločin v Modré hvězdě
1974
Seesaw Monster
0
6.7
Zoo
2018